The PS2 Puppet of Heliosphere is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, unlimited-speed roads, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate, humorless population of 10.859 billion Heliospherans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, although Environment, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heliosphere City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Heliospheran economy, worth a remarkable 5,931 trillion Novas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 546,253 Novas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, comic books avoid plot inconsistencies by removing the plot, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, and embarrassed police officers wear spandex and carry net guns. Crime is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Heliosphere's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Heliosphere is ranked 4,731^st in the world and 97^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 4,615.8 on the Societal Mobility Rating.